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So the question is- is MLB right to thus far blackball him completely?
He did all he was asked to do including registering as a sex offender until they expunged his record and he was no longer required to. We only know of the story because he had forgotten to update his whereabouts once while traveling with the team.

So it's up to 30 owners/GMs whether or not they want the guy. If they don't, they're perfectly right, or within their right, not to acquire him. Simple.

If MLB itself was deeming him ineligible to be signed that'd be a different issue but as far as a brief Googling yields, that's not the case. It's unfortunate in that it's possible he didn't do anything, as he seems to have always maintained, but it's also unfortunate that guys spend their entire lives in prison for murders they had nothing to do with - so I can't attest to losing much sleep for the guy who still gets to go on living his everyday life even if no major league team decides to roll the dice on him.

MLB kicked Josh Hamilton out of the league and he didn't ruin anybody's life but himself. Drugs had him kicked out of the league. He had to apply for reinstatement just to get another chance. That being said, Heimlick is not in the same boat. Teams don't want him and I don't blame them. I get that he has paid his debt to society and I wish him well, but I can't blame a team for not wanting to have that distraction.

If a high profile team signs him and assigns him to the minor leagues it will be a small story for about a week. If the Yankees signed him(I'm a Yankee fan) I'm not going to stop being a fan. I am torn on this he was 15 and that's an age you should know but I don't know his upbringing if there's more to the story. The other hand he's a child molestor and I want him to suffer.